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Spoiler alert: Chivas USA isn’t coming to Santa Ana and the city hasn’t done anything to try and lure the team to relocate to Orange County in more than a year. City Hall officials continue to deny *any* activity to build a new stadium for the MLS franchise or refurbish Eddie West Stadium for a short…

Every so often, I’ll venture over to Santa Ana Sentinel, run by Santa Ana artist and part-time Santa Ana College instructor Omar Avalos who pens a blog about Chivas USA for Soccer Newsday. Recently, he’s noted increased marketing of the Los Angeles Galaxy in Santa Ana which he attributes to the city’s flirtations with Chivas…

Hat tip to Andrew Galvin at the OC Register for this story about the ongoing Chivas saga. Last week, the City of Santa Ana put out a press release announcing it was formally entering into a six month negotiating windows to lure Chivas USA of MSL to Santa Ana. I noted at the time, that…

The City of Santa Ana issued the following news release to announce they have entered into formal negotiations with Chivas USA. City of Santa Ana has Entered into a Negotiating Rights Agreement with Chivas USA Enterprises LLC SANTA ANA, Calif. (September 20, 2011) The City of Santa Ana is pleased to announce that…

In the spirit of not just pointing things out about Santa Ana City Council when they get something wrong, the release of the Meeting Agenda for September 19th has a couple items that demonstrate an attempt at change.

In case you missed the Thursday 1PM broadcast, tune in to KOCE Friday night to catch David Nazar’s report on the status of Chivas USA’s possible move to Santa Ana. While Santa Ana officials are still remarkably tight lipped about the status, Councilman Vince Sarmiento was very chatty about locations other than Willowick Golf…

That was the response Tom Lutz received from Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido’s Secretary while trying to schedule a meeting between Lutz, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, and the Mayor to discuss concerns raised by the community group Santa Ana Save Our Stadium.